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There\u2019s always more to a Max Mara collection<\/a> than initially meets the eye. The brand\u2019s long-time creative director, Ian Griffiths<\/a>\u2014an \u201880s club kid from Manchester turned arbiter of chic Italian elegance\u2014is brimming with literary, musical, theatrical, and artistic references. His broad knowledge and insatiable curiosity for the arts imbues every collection he creates and Max Mara\u2019s spring summer \u201822 collection, presented at the Universit\u00e0 Bocconi this morning, proved no different.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The clothes themselves were the epitome easy modern dressing (gone super luxe, of course): Loose-fitting tank tops, boxfresh denim with contrast top-stitching, sharp leather bombers, and the ubiquitous Max Mara wrap coat, all worn with boyish sandals with chunky cr\u00eape soles. The color palette was similarly utilitarian: tans and sands, navys and blacks, with the occasional burst of sunny yellow or tangerine orange, reminiscent of the summery deck chairs that the audience sat in.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the show notes, Griffiths revealed he had been inspired by the easy beatnik style of the iconic French writer and playwright Fran\u00e7oise Sagan. Sagan wrote her first book\u2014the literary masterpiece <\/span>Bonjour Tristesse<\/span><\/i>, when she was only 18, while she was stuck at home while her parents\u2014punishing her for rebelling against her education and failing her baccalaureate\u2014holidayed during the summer. The book became a meditation on Sagan\u2019s (real name Quoirez) imaginary summer, and dabbled in philosophical questions of existentialism, ultimately turning Sagan into a celebrated household name in Paris and beyond.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It was Sagan\u2019s style\u2014a rebellion against bourgeois dressing\u2014 that Griffiths wished to emulate for the new season. We have, after all, had a Sagan-esque existence over the last 18 months, escaping into imaginary holidays and dwelling on looming existential questions. What better way to stomp back into reality than armed with unfussy, impeccably-made everyday pieces? Particularly when the show finished with an array of flirty feather mini-dresses and sultry two-piece sets (worn by an army of supermodels including Gigi Hadid<\/a>, Joan Smalls, and Irina Shayk) that evoked one of Sagan\u2019s most memorable\u2014and painfully French\u2014quotes: <\/span>A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to want to take it off you.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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